January / February, 2010
interactions: Information, Physicality, Co-Ownership, and CultureRichard Anderson, Jon Kolko
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From tangible computing, to societal problem solving, to the trials and tribulations of user reserach - this issue explores the evolving nature of experiences, people and technology.
An intimate and satisfying relationship between a person and a designed artifact.
Attending to and altering cultural constraints.
Examples of and discussions about the role user research can and should play.
Cover Story
Tangible Interaction = Form + Computing
Mark Baskinger, Mark Gross
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Tangible Interaction = Form + Computing
Mark Baskinger, Mark Gross
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The ability to merge physical and digital interactions has long been the goal of designers; the ubiquity of technology is now making that goal a reality. This piece from Mark Baskinger and Mark Gross explores that melding of physical and digital.
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Forum: Under Development
Beyond the Benjamins: Toward an African Interaction Design
N.J. Bidwell, H. Winschiers-Theophilus
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Beyond the Benjamins: Toward an African Interaction Design
N.J. Bidwell, H. Winschiers-Theophilus
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Feature
Social Change: Women, Networks, and Technology
Natalie Quizon
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Social Change: Women, Networks, and Technology
Natalie Quizon
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Forum: Interacting with Public Policy
Interacting with Public Policy
Jonathan Lazar
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Interacting with Public Policy
Jonathan Lazar
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Feature
User-Research-Driven Mobile User Interface Innovation: A Success Story from Seoul
Jay Chaeyong Yi
User-Research-Driven Mobile User Interface Innovation: A Success Story from Seoul
Jay Chaeyong Yi
Forum: Lifelong Interactions
Let the Experts Talk: An Experience of Tangible Game Design with Children
Javier Marco, Sandra Baldassarri, Eva Cerezo, Diana Yifan Xu, Janet C. Read
Let the Experts Talk: An Experience of Tangible Game Design with Children
Javier Marco, Sandra Baldassarri, Eva Cerezo, Diana Yifan Xu, Janet C. Read
User participation needs to go well beyond the passive role of "spectator" in all sorts of contexts.
Meeting and benefiting from the challenge and nature of communication and community.
Servin' up pipin' hot interactions...
Column: The Way I See It
The Transmedia Design Challenge: Technology that is Pleasurable and Satisfying
Don Norman
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The Transmedia Design Challenge: Technology that is Pleasurable and Satisfying
Don Norman
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Column: Between The Lines
The Art of Editing: The New Old Skills for a Curated Life
Liz Danzico
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The Art of Editing: The New Old Skills for a Curated Life
Liz Danzico
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(P)review:
Of Memories and Memorials: A Conversation with Jake Barton about the Make History Project
Alex Wright
Of Memories and Memorials: A Conversation with Jake Barton about the Make History Project
Alex Wright
Forum: Timelines
Reflections on the Future of iSchools From a Dean Inspired by Some Junior Faculty
Martha E. Pollack
Reflections on the Future of iSchools From a Dean Inspired by Some Junior Faculty
Martha E. Pollack
Forum: On Modeling
The Language/Action Model of Conversation: Can conversation perform acts of design?
Peter H. Jones
The Language/Action Model of Conversation: Can conversation perform acts of design?
Peter H. Jones
Feature
Is Wellness Informatics a Field of Human-Centered Health Informatics?
Rebecca E. Grinter, Katie A. Siek, Andrea Grimes
Is Wellness Informatics a Field of Human-Centered Health Informatics?
Rebecca E. Grinter, Katie A. Siek, Andrea Grimes
Column: interactions cafe
interactions Cafe: On Designers as Catalytic Agents
Richard Anderson, Jon Kolko
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interactions Cafe: On Designers as Catalytic Agents
Richard Anderson, Jon Kolko
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